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This is where we come together and talk about who we are. This is where our voices get loud and we become inspired and gain power from the stories we share.
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The Conversations column is where you will find interviews and portraits of women over 50, ordinary women that I am certain you will love and be moved by as much as I have.
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Our Stories Today
Grab a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and explore the stories below. Find inspiration in one of our Conversations. Learn something new. Find community. Share with your friends.
The shitty wife
Who gets to decide what makes a 'good wife, mother, friend or daughter?' While married to the father of my children for over 18 years, I thought I was a good wife. It wasn’t until the end when we were so unhappy and the tension was so thick you could put a fork in it,...
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A night at home
These days, the halcyon days of early fall, when the air shifts, the heat lowers, the shadows lengthen, and we are home for a few weeks before the next trip, are simple. We are home. The time is 7:19 p.m. and I am sitting on our couch, sipping wine, listening to the...
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Letters from Renee
Letter's from Renee is a new column and will represent the introspective and profound writing from Renee Levine who is 94 years old. Renee will add her voice to our community from time to time. Recently she commented on a column I wrote about perspective. Yes, it is...
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Conversations: Erin Dahlquist (Cabezut)
Age: 56 Three words that describe you today? Independent, creative, adventurous. What do you wish you had known ten years ago? How difficult marriage is. I married at 40 and was already established in my career and fiercely independent. The word "compromise" wasn’t...
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I don’t have time
When I was a young mother, my children and husband relied on me to keep the home running, boo-boo's kissed and food in the kitchen. I remember how hard it was to carve out time for a manicure, never mind sit down and have the kind of time I needed to get lost in...
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Professional Pivot
The counter story to menopause in Darcey Steinke’s “Flash Count Diary,” is her research into killer whales, specifically females who are post child bearing years. We share the experience of menopause with killer whales, but our societal roles are not the same. Female...
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Conversations: Gailyc Sonia Braunstein
This is the third in a monthly blog series called “Conversations,” where I will spotlight women over 50 by capturing them in photographs and providing writing prompts. I began this series to explore the many faces of women over 50 and how we experience changes as we...
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Conversations: Sandy O’Keeffe
This is the second in a monthly blog series called “Conversations,” where I will spotlight women over 50 by capturing them in photographs and providing writing prompts. I began this series to explore the many faces of women over 50 and how we experience our older...
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